Chemistry is the called the central science because it not only impacts virtually all fields of science and technology but also because it is a central contributor to the modern life that society enjoys. The PhD Program in Chemistry at the City University of New York (CUNY) provides students with a strong foundation in all areas of chemistry: analytical, biological, inorganic, materials, nano, organic, polymer, and physical.

Chemistry

Research Areas

• Analytical Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Organometallic Chemistry • Biochemistry • Materials Chemistry • Polymer Chemistry • Biophysics • Medicinal Chemistry • Photochemistry • Chemical Biology • Nanoscience • Physical Chemistry • Computational Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Radiochemistry

CUNY  Chemistry        •  Diverse  faculty        •  100+  faculty  mentors        •  250  papers  per  year    Interdisciplinary  efforts        •  Molecular  biophysics        •  Radiochemistry        •  Nanotechnology        •  Photonics        •  Medicinal  chemistry  

CUNY prides itself on the diversity of its faculty and students. Each student choses a research mentor from over 100 members of the CUNY doctoral faculty in Chemistry. These mentors are distributed among seven CUNY campuses and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center that fosters interdisciplinary interactions. A flexible curriculum allows each student to personalize the coursework to their specific needs. Additional training in professionalism, safety, pedagogy, and career opportunities are provided to ensure your career success.

All students admitted to the PhD Program in Chemistry are awarded a CUNY Science Scholarship. This five-year award allows our student to concentrate on their research. CUNY Science Scholars spend the first year at the CUNY Graduate Center taking courses and learning about the research opportunities available to them. There is no teaching in year one. Students select a mentor and move to their mentors campus by the end of year one.

CUNY Science Scholars

Student comments The   chemistry   Ph.D  program  at   CUNY  has   allowed  me   to   pursue  my   interest.   I   have   greatly  benefited  from  my  experience  with  my  mentor,  professors  and  fellow  students.  

     Zhantong Mao (PhD 2015)   CUNY   is   dense   with   fantasLc   faculty,   administrators   and   fellow   students   that   collecLvely  engender  a  strong  likelihood  of  success.  

       Douglas Achan (PhD 2015)

CUNY Science Scholarship • five year support package • competitive stipend • low-cost health insurance • tuition remission

Years 2-5 are spent at a CUNY campus focused on their dissertation research and perhaps teaching.

CUNY offers s tudents the opportunity to do cutting-edge chemical research in a supportive program that has the feel of a small college while living in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. The PhD Program in Chemistry is unique amongst its peers in that it is a consor t ium of seven campuses throughout New York City. While all student receive their degree from the CUNY Graduate Center, they do their research at one of the CUNY colleges or the Advanced Science Research Center. The size of CUNY offers the resources to do world-class science while working at a campus with a small college feel.

World-Class Science + Intimate Setting

Research Centers The   jewel   in  the  crown  of  CUNY’s  mulL-­‐billion  dollar   investment   in   interdisciplinary  scienLfic  research   is   the   CUNY   Advanced   Science   Research   Center   (hTp://asrc.cuny.edu).     Brimming  with   state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art   instrumentaLon   and   experLse   in   nanoscience,   structural   biology,  photonics,   environmental   science,   and   neuroscience,   it   is   open   to   all   CUNY   students   and  faculty.     This   collaboraLve   resource   augments   the   resources   and   instrumentaLon   found   on  each   of   the   CUNY   campuses.     In   addiLon,   students   further   their   research   efforts   using   the  CUNY  High  Performance  CompuLng  Center  (hTp://www.csi.cuny.edu/cunyhpc/).

Participating Colleges • Brooklyn College • City College of New York • College of Staten Island • Hunter College • Lehman College • Queens College • York College

Publications A. Manchanda, A.S., Kruk, M. Synthesis of large-pore face-centered-cubic periodic mesoporous organosilicas with unsaturated bridging groups Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2016, 222, 153-159.

B. Singh, G., Ardolic, H., Peetz, R.M. Studies on homologous random and alternating segmented conjugated polymers with and without silicon synthesized by ADMET Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 7, 669-679. C. Punia, A., Lee, K., He, E., Mukherjee, S., Mancuso, A., Banerjee, P., Yang, N.-L. Effect of relative arrangement of cationic and lipophilic moieties on hemolytic and antibacterial activities of PEGylated polyacrylates International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015, 16, 23867-23880.

Research Areas • Polymer Synthesis • Materials Science • Biopolymers • Nanotechnology • Medical Applications •Computation & Simulation

Polymer   Chemistry   is   is   a  mulLdisciplinary   science   that  deals   with   the   chemical   synthesis   and   chemical  properLes   of     macromolecules.     Over   fi[een   faculty  members   conduct   research   in   all   areas   of   polymer  chemistry  from  syntheses  to  applicaLon  to  nanosystems.    Our   students   go   on   to   careers   in   industry   (  Merck,   3M,  Agilent  )  Government  (  Navy  &  Army  Research  Labs)    and  academia  (SUNY  Buffalo,  Tsinghua,  China).      

Polymer Chemistry Prof. Nan-Loh Yang, Subdiscipline Chair NanLoh.Yang-cepm@csi.cuny.edu  

Qiao-Sheng Hu Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10314 qiaosheng.hu@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/departments/chemistry

Publications H.-H. Zhang, C.-H. Xing, G. B.Tsemo, Q.-S.Hu, t-Bu3P-Coordinated 2-Phenylaniline-Based Palladacycle Complex as a Precatalyst for the Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of Aryl Dibromides with Aryldiboronic Acids, ACS MacroLett. 2013, 2, 10-13. H.-H. Zhang, C.-H. Xing, Hu, Q.-S., Controlled Pd(0)/t-Bu3P-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling Polymerization of AB-Type Monomers with PhPd(t-Bu3P)I or Pd2(dba)3/t-Bu3P/ArI as the Initiator, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 13156-13159. T.-P. Liu, Y.-X. Liao, C.-H. Xing, Q.-S. Hu, Fluorenone Synthesis by Palladacycle-Catalyzed Sequential Reactions of 2-Bromobenzaldehydes with Arylboronic Acids, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 2452-2455. T.-P. Liu, C.-H. Xing, Q.-S. Hu, Tandem Reaction Synthesis of Fluorenes/ Indenofluorenes Based on Pd(OAc)2/PCy3-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling and C-H Bond Activation Strategy, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2971-2974. C.-G. Dong, Q.-S. Hu, Preferential Oxidative Addition in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reactions of Dihaloarenes with Arylboronic Acids, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 10006-10007.

Research Interests Keywords: catalysis, palladium, cross-coupling reaction, polymerization, conjugated polymers The Hu group are interested in the development of new catalysts including transition metal and organic catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and addition reactions, and novel reactions/processes from readily available and cost-effective small organic molecules. These new reactions/processes and catalysts have potential applications in chemical synthesis and polymer/materials synthesis. The approach is interdisciplinary, ranging from fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms, reaction methodology development to polymer/materials synthesis.

Q i a o - S h e n g H u i s Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department at the College of Staten Island. His research is focused on the development of new reactions/processes and catalysts for chemical synthesis including polymer/ materials synthesis.

2008- current Professor, CSI-CUNY 2005-2007 Associate Professor, CSI 2000-2005 Assistant Professor, CSI 1997-2000 Postdoc, University of Virginia 1995-1997 Postdoc, North Dakota state Univ. 1991-1994 PhD, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry,

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. Qiao-Sheng Hu

Shi Jin Associate Professor College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Blvd Staten Island, NY 10314 shi.jin@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/JIN_SHI.html

Publications D. D. Gunbas, C. Xue, S. Patwardhan, M. C. Fravventura, H. Zhang, W. F. Jager, E. J. R. Sudholter, L. D. A. Siebbeles, T. J. Savenije, S. Jin, F. C. Grozema, High charge carrier mobility and efficient charge separation in highly soluble perylenetetracarboxyl-di imides Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 4955. N. Jin, H. Zhang, S. Jin, M. D. Dadmun, B. Zhao, Shifting Sol-Gel Phase Diagram of a Doubly Thermosensitive Hydrophilic Diblock Copolymer Poly(methoxytri(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-acrylic acid)-b-poly(ethoxydi(ethylene glycol) acrylate-co-acrylic acid) in Aqueous Solution Macromolecules 2012, 45, 4790. C. Xue, S. Jin, Exceptionally Strong Electronic Coupling in Crystalline Perylene Diimides via Tuning Chemistry of Materials 2011, 23, 2689. Y. J. Xu, S. W. Leng, C. M. Xue, R. K. Sun, J. Pan, J. Ford, S. Jin, A room-temperature liquid-crystalline phase with crystalline π stacks Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46, 3896.      

Research Interests Keywords: Soft Matter, organic optoelectronic materials

Dr. Jin is a physical/materials chemist who is working on structure design, synthesis, characterization and optimization of organic optoelectronic materials for improved performance in devices such organic solar cells, light emitting diodes and field effect transistors,.

2004- 2011 Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, CUNY 2012-current Associate Prof. of Chemistry, CUNY

Dr. Shi Jin

Michal Kruk Professor College of Staten Island and Graduate Center Department of Chemistry, Building 6S-241 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 Michal.Kruk@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/departments/chemistry/kruk_michal.html

Publications Huang, L.; Kruk, M. “Versatile Surfactant/Swelling-Agent Template for Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered Mesoporous Silicas and Related Hollow Nanoparticles”, Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 679. Kruk, M. “Access to Ultra-large-pore Ordered Mesoporous Materials Through Selection of Surfactant/Swelling-Agent Micellar Templates”, Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 1678. Mandal, M.; Kruk, M. “Family of Single-micelle-templated Organosilica Hollow Nanospheres and Nanotubes Synthesized through Adjustment of Organosilica/Surfactant Ratio”, Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 123. Cao, L.; Kruk, M. “Grafting of Polymer Brushes from Nanopore Surface via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Activators Regenerated by Electron Transfer”, Polym. Chem. 2010, 1, 97.

Research Interests Keywords: ordered mesoporous materials, hollow nanoparticles, controlled surface-initiated radical polymerization •  Design of ordered nanoporous materials. •  Application of controlled polymerizations in the synthesis of nanostructured materials, including porous

inorganic/polymer nanocomposites. •  Development of methods for accurate characterization of nanoporous materials. •  Synthesis of nanoporous materials with closed pores. •  Synthesis of single-micelle-templated hollow nanoparticles.

Michal Kruk is a professor in chemistry. His research interest is in design of well-defined nanoporous and nanostructured materials using surfactant micelle templating, nanocasting and controlled surface-initiated polymerization.

2013- current Professor 2011-2013 Associate Professor 2005-2010 Assistant Professor 2003-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor 1998-2003 Postdoctoral fellow 1994-1998 PhD Student in Chemistry

Dr. Michal Kruk

Sharon Loverde Assistant Professor, Chemistry, College of Staten Island Graduate Center, Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics CUNY, College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Blvd, 6S-238 Staten Island, NY 10314 sharon.loverde@csi.cuny.edu https://sites.google.com/site/loverdelaboratory/

Publications Zhengyu Ma, D. N. Lebard *, S. M. Loverde *, K. A. Sharp, M. L. Klein, D. E. Discher, T. H. Finkel, Plos One, 11, e112292 (2014). Myungshim Kang and Sharon M. Loverde, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118, 11965-11972 (2014). Sharon M. Loverde, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 5, 1669-1675 (2014). Sharon M. Loverde, Molecular Simulation, 40, 794-801 (2014). Wataru Shinoda, D. E. Discher, M. L. Klein, S. M. Loverde, Soft Matter, 9, 11549-11556 (2013).

Research Interests Keywords: Molecular dynamics, molecular self-assembly, polymer membranes, cellular membranes, multi-scale models, polymers/biopolymers

The Loverde laboratory utilizes all-atomistic (AA) a n d c o a r s e - g r a i n e d molecular dynamics (CG-M D ) s i m u l a t i o n s , i n combination with advanced sampling techniques, to i n v e s t i g a t e s o f t a n d biological materials.  

2012- current Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Dr. Sharon Loverde

Research Interests Keywords: superhydrophobicity, wetting, polymer pen printing, photocatalysis, thermal interfaces Using natural surfaces as inspiration, the Lyons group fabricates nanoscale materials with unique wetting, catalytic, thermal and/or optical properties. We are especially interested in developing a fundamental understanding of reactions and properties at the solid-liquid-gas interface. We work closely with industry with the goal of transitioning our inventions into industrially relevant innovations; active projects include: anti-reflective self-cleaning optically clear coatings to increase the energy efficiency of photovoltaic panels and the isolation and study of single cells within nano/picoliter gel droplet arrays.

Dr Alan Lyons Alan Lyons is Professor of Chemistry at the College of Staten Island and Graduate Center of CUNY. His research is focused on the effect of topography and chemistry on the wetting, thermal, optical and catalytic properties of surfaces.

Publications Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, QF Xu, M. Barahman, A.M. Lyons, A Catalytic, Self-Cleaning Surface with Stable Superhydrophobic Properties: Printed PDMS Arrays Embedded with TiO2 Nanoparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7 (4), pp 2632–2640.

Z. Mao, M. Ganesh, M. Bucaro, I. Smolianski, R.A. Gross, A.M. Lyons, A High Throughput, High Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process: Effect of Crystallite Size, Moisture and Enzyme Concentration, Biomacromolecules, 2014, 15 (12), 4627-4636. D. Aebisher, D. Bartusik, Y. Liu, Y. Zhao, M. Barahman, Q.F. Xu, A.M. Lyons, A. Greer, Superhydrophobic Photosensitizers. Mechanistic Studies of 1O2 Generation in the Plastron and Solid/Liquid Droplet Interface, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 18990–1899. Q.F. Xu, B. Mondal, and A.M. Lyons, Fabricating Superhydrophobic Polymer Surfaces with Excellent Abrasion Resistance by a Simple Lamination Templating Method, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2011, 3, 3508–3514. R. Kempers, A.M. Lyons, A.J. Robinson, Modeling & Characterization of Metal Micro-Textured Thermal Interface Materials, ASME J. Heat Transfer, 2013, 136, 01130.

Dr. Alan M. Lyons Professor College of Staten Island and Graduate Center CUNY Room 62-225 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 Email.alan.lyons@csi.cuny.edu http://csivc.csi.cuny.edu/Alan.Lyons/files/

2008- current Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island & Graduate Center CUNY.

1980-2008 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Manager & Group Leader Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ

1981- 1987 PhD, MS, Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Naphtali O’Connor Assistant Professor Lehman College, CUNY 250 Bedford Park Blvd West Bronx, NY 10468 Naphtali.oconnor@lehman.cuny.edu lehman.edu/academics/chemistry/prof-oconnor.php

Publications O’Connor, N.A.; Abugharbieh, A.; Buabeng, E.; Yasmeen, F.; Mathew, S.; Samaroo, D.; Cheng, H. “The Crosslinking of Polysaccharides with Polyamines and Dextran-Polyallylamine Antibacterial Hydrogels” Int. J. Biol. Macromol. (2015) 72, 88-93. Samaroo, D.; Perez, E.; Aggarwal, A.; Wills, A.; O’Connor, N.A. “Strategies for Delivering Porphyrinoid-based Photosensit izers in Therapeutic Applications” Therapeutic Delivery (2014), 5(7), 859-872.

Solomon, M.R.; O’Connor, N.A.; Paik, D.C.; Turro, N.J. “Nitroalcohol Induced Hydrogel Formation in Amine-Functionalized Polymers.” J. Appl. Polym. Sci. (2010), 117(2), 1193-1196. O'Connor, N.A.; Stevens, N.; Samaroo, D.; Solomon, M.R.; Martí, A.A.; Dyer, J.; Vishwasrao, H.; Akins, D.L.; Kandel, E.R.; Turro, N.J. “A covalently linked phenanthridine-ruthenium(II) complex as a RNA probe.” Chem. Comm. (2009), 2640-2642. Stevens, N.; O'Connor, N.A.; Vishwasrao, H.; Samaroo, D.; Kandel, E.R.; Akins, D.L.; Drain, Charles M.; Turro, N.J. “Two color RNA intercalating probe for cell imaging applications.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2008) 130, 7206-7207. Research Interests

Keywords: biomaterials, hydrogels, polymers My current research focus is the development of materials for biomedical applications. We recently developed a method for preparing polysaccharide-polyamine crosslinked hydrogels. We are currently exploring their application as anti-microbial and wound healing materials. We are also working on the development of curcumin based biomaterials as antibacterial agents and cancer therapeutics.

Naphtali has a varied research background that reflects his wide research interests. His research ranges from developing biomaterials to designing molecular probes.

2008- current Current position 2007-2008 Postdoc/Columbia University 2000-2006 PhD/University of California, Irvine

Dr. Naphtali O’Connor

Ralf M. Peetz, PhD Assoc. Prof. CUNY/ Staten Island and Graduate Center 2800 Victory Boulevard Building 6S-227 Staten Island, NY 103014 ralf.peetz@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/departments/chemistry

Publications Sengupta, Arijit; Doshi, Ami; Jaekle, Frieder; Peetz, Ralf M., Journal of Polymer Science Part A (2015), accepted

Zhilin, Denis M.; Peetz, Ralf M., Journal of Chemical Education (2014), 91(1), 119-122 Sengupta, Arijit; Ghosh, Sutapa; Peetz, Ralf M., Synthetic Metals (2010), 160(17-18), 2037-2040 Burrows, Hugh D.; Narwark, Oliver; Peetz, Ralf; Thorn-Csanyi, Emma; Monkman, Andrew P.; Hamblett, Ian; Navaratnam, Suppiah, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2010), 9(7), 942-948. M u k h e r j e e , N a r a y a n ; P e e t z , R a l f M . , Macromolecules (2008), 41(18), 6677-6685

Research Interests Keywords: Functional Materials, Conjugated Polymers, Donor Acceptor Systems We are currently interested in the controlled synthesis of donor-acceptor macromolecules for potential use in organic polymer photovoltaics. Some candidates featuring promising electronic properties and absorbing over a broad range of wavelengths are currently scheduled to be tested in prototype photovoltaic cells.

Ralf Peetz is interested in functional materials that could be of use in meeting future energy needs.

2003- current CSI and Graduate Center 2000-2003 Postdoc, University of Akron, Institute

of Polymer Science 1997-2000 PhD, University of Hamburg,

Germany

Dr. Ralf M. Peetz

Sébastien Poget Assistant Professor College of Staten Island, CUNY Department of Chemistry 2800 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY 10314 sebastien.poget@csi.cuny.edu www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/POGET_SEBASTIEN.html

Publications P. Anand, A. Grigoryan, M. H. Bhuiyan, B. Ueberheide, V. Russell, J. Quinoñez, P. Moy, B. T. Chait, S. F. Poget, M. Holford: Sample limited characterization of a novel disulfide-rich venom peptide toxin from terebrid marine snail Terebra variegata. PLoS ONE 2014, 9, e94122. S. F. Poget, M. E. Girvin: Solution NMR of membrane proteins in bilayer mimics: Small is beautiful, but sometimes bigger is better. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 2007, 1768, 3098-106. S. F. Poget, S. M. Cahill, M. E. Girvin: Isotropic bicelles stabilize the functional form of a small multidrug-resistance pump for NMR structural studies. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 2432-2433.

Research Interests Keywords: Solution-state NMR, membrane protein structural biology, ion channels, toxins, electrophysiology, biophysics The Poget lab is interested in the structural and functional study of membrane proteins through solution-state NMR and other biophysical methods. Our studies focus on better understanding the interactions of animal peptide toxins with their target ion channel domains as tools for an improved understanding of ion channel function and starting point for drug development. To carry out these studies at the cutting edge of structural biology, we are also involved in the development of new and improved methods for membrane protein studies, including development of more powerful membrane mimetics such as bicelles and optimized NMR methods.

Dr. Poget is interested in membrane protein structure a n d f u n c t i o n , w i t h a particular emphasis on the interactions between ion channe l domains and animal peptide toxins.

2009- current Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island, CUNY

2003-2009 Postdoc, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY

2001-2003 Postdoc, Rockefeller University, NY 1997-2001 PhD, University of Cambridge, UK

Dr. Sébastien Poget

Krishnaswami Raja, Ph.D. Associate Professor College of Staten Island Department of Chemistry 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, New York 10314 Krishnaswami.Raja@cuny.edu h t t p : / / w w w . c s i . c u n y . e d u / f a c u l t y /RAJA_KRISHNASWAMI.html

Publications

“Curcumin-derived green plasticizers for Poly(vinyl) chloride.” Saltos, J., Shi, W.; Mancuso, A, Park, T.; Averick, N.; Sun, C.; Fata, J. E.;. Punia, K.; Raja, K. S.* RSC Adv., 2014, 4 (97), 54725 – 54728. Raja, K.S. Editorial: Green Anti-Cancer Agents and Ayur-Biotechnology: A smart approach towards improving R&D productivity. Anticancer Agents in Med Chem 2013 Dec;13(10):1467-8. Raja, K.S.; Banerjee, P.; Lamoreaux, W.; Shi, W.; A u e r b a c h , A . ; “ N o v e l C u r c u m i n a n d Tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives” US patent number 8487139 Dolai, S. ; Shi, W.; and Raja, K.S.“Synthesis of Drug/Dye-Incorporated Polymer–Protein Hybrids” Methods in Molecular Biology Bioconjugation Protocols : Strategies and Vol 751, 29-42, 2011. Raja, K.S., Dolai, S. ; Shi, W.; Wang, Q. Bionanoparticles as nanoscaffolds for chemical manipulation”. Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Marcel Dekker, 2009, Second Edition.

Research Interests Keywords: Origin of life, stigmergy scaffolds, 3D Cell culture, Ayurbiotecnology, Virus Chemistry, Bioconjugation, Green drug development, Polymer-protein hybrids The Raja group is interested in creating programmable scaffolds for probing the origins of multi-cellular life, synthesis of well defined polymer-bionanoparticle/targeting protein hybrids and green drug discovery and development based on Ayurveda. The research spans the areas of small molecule and polymer synthesis, bioconjugation chemistry and bioengineering.

Krishnaswami Raja is College of Staten Island Chemistry faculty working in t h e a r e a o f Bionanotechnology, Origin of life research and green d r u g d i s c o v e r y a n d development.

2012- current Associate Professor 2005-2012 Assistant Professor, College of Staten

Island 2000-2004 Skaggs Post Doctoral Fellow TSRI 1999 Indian Institute of Science

Dr. Krishnaswami Raja

Chwen-Yang Shew Professor College of Staten Island Department of Chemistry 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 ChwenYang.Shew@csi.cuny.edu www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/SHEW_CHWEN_YANG.html

Publications S.   Oda,   Y.   Kubo,   C.-­‐Y.   Shew,   K.   Yoshikawa,  FluctuaLons  induced  transiLon  of  localizaLon  of  granular  objects  caused  by  degrees  of  crowding,  Physica  D  (2016)  in  press.    C.-­‐Y.  Shew,  and  K.  Yoshikawa,  “A  toy  model  for  nucleus-­‐sized   crowding   confinement   “J.   Phys.:  Condens.  Ma3er  27  064118  (2015)      E.   Sánchez-­‐Díaz,   C.-­‐Y.   Shew,   X.   Li,   B.  Wu,  G.   S.  Smith  and  W.-­‐R.  Chen,  “Phase  Behavior  Under  a  Noncentrosymmetric   InteracLon:   Shi[ed-­‐Charge   Colloids   InvesLgated   by   Monte   Carlo  SimulaLon,” J.   Phys.   Chem.  B,  118,   6963–6971  (2014)    C.-­‐Y.  Shew,  K.  Kondo  and  K.  Yoshikawa,  “Rigidity  of   a   spherical   capsule   switches   the   localizaLon  of   encapsulated   parLcles   between   inner   and  peripheral   regions   under   crowding   condiLon:  Simple  model  on  cellular  architecture,” J.  Chem.  Phys.  140,  024907  (2014).    C.-­‐Y.   Shew   and   K.   Yoshikawa,   “AbstracLng   the  essence  of  the  confinement  effect  on  crowding  microspheres:  Mean-­‐field  theory  and  numerical  simulaLon,” Chem.   Phys.   Le3.   590,   196-­‐200  (2013).      

Research Interests Keywords: Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Liquid State Theory and Computer Simulation Our   group   develops   model,   theory   and   simulaLon   to   elucidate   the   structure   of   colloids,  polymeric  materials,  confined  and  crowded  cells,  and  self-­‐assembled  nanoparLcles.

Research Area: Theoretical Physical Chemistry in Structure of Condensed Matters, Macromolecules, and Biological Cells

2011- current Professor, CSI 2005-2010 Associate Professor, CSI 1999-2004 Assistant Professor, CSI 1995-1998 Postdoc. UW-Madison 2000-2005 PhD, CUNY

Dr Chwen-Yang Shew

Ming Tang, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry 2800 Victory Blvd College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY 10314 Ming.tang@csi.cuny.edu http://www.csi.cuny.edu/faculty/departments/chemistry/TANG_MING.html

Publications "Advanced Solid-State NMR Approaches for Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins and Amyloid Fibrils", Tang M, Comellas G, Rienstra CM. Acc. Chem. Res., 2013, 46, 2080-2088. "Structure of the Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane Protein DsbB in the Lipid Bilayer", Tang M, Nesbitt AE, Sperling LJ, Berthold DA, Schwieters CD, Gennis RB, Rienstra CM. J. Mol. Biol., 2013, 425, 1670-1682. "Solid-State NMR Study of the Charge-Transfer Complex between Ubiquinone-8 and Disulfide Bond Generating Membrane Protein DsbB" Tang M, Sperling LJ, Berthold DA, Nesbitt AE, Gennis RB, Rienstra CM. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4359-4366. "Structure and Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Bilayers from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy" Tang, M.; Hong, M. Mol. BioSyst. 2009, 5, 317-322. "Effects of Guanidinium-Phosphate Hydrogen Bonding on the Membrane-Bound Structure and Activity of an Arginine-Rich Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR", Tang, M.; Waring, A. J.; Lehrer, R. I.; Hong, M. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 47, 3202-3205. "Phosphate-Mediated Arginine Insertion into Lipid Membranes and Pore Formation by a Cationic Membrane Peptide from Solid-State NMR" Tang, M.; Waring, A. J.; Hong, M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11438-11446. .

Research Interests Keywords: Membrane proteins, ion channels, amyloidogenic proteins, Phosphoinositide, solid-state NMR, protein aggregates, paramagnetic relaxation enhancement.

Ming Tang is an assistant professor in the chemistry and biochemistry programs at CUNY. His long-term research endeavor is to investigate the function-modulating interactions between p r o t e i n s a n d m e m b r a n e components by solving structures of membrane-associated protein complexes and aggregates. The elucidation of such structure-func t ion re la t ionsh ips w i l l contribute tremendously to our understanding of how proteins interact wi th l ip ids and/or cofactors to operate.

2013- current Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Dr. Ming Tang

Nan-Loh Yang Professor of Chemistry College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10341 nanloh.yang-cepm@csi.cuny.edu www.chem.csi.cuny.edu

Publications Ashish Punia, Edward He, Kevin Lee, Probal Banerjee, and Nan-Loh Yang, Cationic amphiphilic non-hemolytic polyacrylates with superior antibacterial activity. Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7071. Monica Apostol ;Tatsiana Mironava ;Nan-Loh Yang; Nadine Pernodet Miriam H Rafailovich. Cell sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers. Cell sheet patterning using photo-cleavable polymers. Polymer Journal . 2011; 43(8):723- Chong Cheng and Nan-Loh Yang” Well-Defined Diblock Macromonomer with a Norbornene Group at Block Junction: Anionic Living Linking Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization” Macromolecules, 2010, 43 (7), pp 3153–3155 Kai Su, Nurxat Nuraje, Lingzhi Zhang, I-Wei Chu, Hiroshi Matsui, and Nan-Loh Yang.“ First Preparations and Characterization of Conductive Polymer Crystalline Nanoneedles” Macromol. Symposia, Special Issue: Polymers at Frontiers of Science and Technology (2009), 279(1), 1-6. Su, Nurxat Nuraje, and Nan-Loh Yang*„An Open-Bench Method for the Preparation of BaTiO3, SrTiO3 and BaxSr1-xTiO3 nanocrystals at 80 oC”,ACS Langmuir,,(2007),23,11369-11371

Research Interests Keywords: Nanoeletronics, Superbugs killers, Photopolymers Novel Polyacetals, Supercapacitor Fast Switch, Amphiphilic Polyelectrolytes, Micelles Professor Yang’s research group is involved in developing amphiphilic non-hemolytic and antibacterial nanoparticle based structural tuningwith optimizing hydrophobic – hydrophilic molecular topography. The nanoelectronics research exploits the characteristic of micell reactors and interfacial polymerization.

Nan-Loh Yang is a Professor of Chemistry at College of Staten Island.. His research areas include: antimicrobial po lymer nanopar t ic le ; polymers with well-defined structure;and materials for nanoelectronics - giant dielectric constant element, fast cionductance switch, 4-stage memory and room temperature magnetoelectric coupling.

Current Professor of Chemistry, CUNY-CSI 1969-1970 Postdoc, Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1969 PhD Polymer Chemistry NYU-Poly

Dr. Nan –Loh Yang

Shuiqin Zhou Professor of Chemistry College of Staten Island 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 Shuiqin.zhou@csi.cuny.edu www.chem.csi.cuny.edu

Publications H. Wang, Y. Sun, J. Yi, J. Fu, J. Di, A. del C. Alonso, S. Zhou. Fluorescent porous carbon nanocapsules for two-photon imaging, NIR/pH dual-responsive drug carrier, and photothermal therapy. Biomaterials, 2015, 53, 117-126. H. Wang, J. Yi, S. Mukherjee,‎ P. Banerjee, S. Zhou. Magnetic/NIR-thermally responsive hybrid nanogels for optical temperature sensing, tumor cell imaging and triggered drug release. Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 13001–13011. H. Wang, A. Mararenko, G. Cao, Z. Gai, K. Hong, P. Banerjee, S. Zhou, Multifunctional 1D magnetic and fluorescent nanoparticle chains for enhanced MRI, fluorescent cell imaging, and combined photothermal/chemotherapy, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 15309–15317. H. Wang, Z. Wei, H. Matsui, S. Zhou, One-pot synthesis of Fe3O4@Carbon quantum dots hybrid nanoflowers for highly active and recyclable visible-light driven photocatalyst. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15740-15745. Y. Li, S. Zhou. Facile one-pot synthesis of organic dye-complexed microgels for optical detection of glucose at physiological pH. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5553-5555. Research Interests

Keywords: responsive polymers, hybrid nanogels, nanoparticles, carbon dots, assembly, biosensing, drug delivery, cell imaging, environmental remediation The Zhou group is interested in the development of (1) glucose-responsive hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) for glucose sensing and self-regulated insulin delivery; (2) multifunctional nanomaterials from the combination of optically active NPs with responsive polymers for sensing, imaging, and therapy; and (3) composite nanomaterials from the complex assembly of carbon-based NPs, inorganic NPs, and other amphiphilies in the confinement of (bio)polymers and colloids for sensing, catalysis, and environmental remediation

Shuiqin Zhou is a Professor of Chemistry at CUNY College of Staten Island. Her research is focused on responsive polymer-nanoparticle (including carbon dots) hybrid nanogels, inorganic-carbon composite nanoparticles, and complex assembly of nanopart ic les for sensing, imaging, drug delivery, and environmental remediation.

2008- current Professor of Chemistry, CUNY-CSI 2002-2007 Associate Prof. of Chemistry, CUNY-CSI 2000-2002 Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical Company 1996-2000 Postdoc, SUNY at Stony Brook 1993-1996 PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong 1988-1991 MSc, Xiamen University, China 1984-1988 BSc, Xiamen University, China

Dr. Shuiqin Zhou